"I Need You Now"

original song, demo. For all the musicians all over the world, playing for people and in venues where "everyone listens but nobody hears." “I Need You Now” There ain’t too much left of me the crowd’s almost gone They got the best of me and that feelin’s wrong Some lady’s sayin’ she’ll buy me a beer But I’m not into playing I pretend I don’t hear If I ever needed you I need you now Holdin’ you close to me Seein’ you smile Open your heart hear me somehow If I ever needed you I need you now I’m chasin’ an old dream that just won’t come true Lookin’ for something to bring home to you Playing the songs I’ve been playing for years Everyone listens but nobody hears If I ever wanted you I want you now Holdin’ you close to me Seein’ you smile Open your heart hear me somehow If I ever wanted you I want you now There’s only one lonely man In my traveling one man band Tonight I’ll sleep all alone Dreaming of home Out on the highway in a broken old car Headed for LA and another old bar I may be playin' for somebody new But sometimes the music just won’t bring me through If I ever needed you I need you now Holdin’ you close to me Seein’ you smile Open your heart hear me somehow If I ever needed you I need you now If I ever needed you I need you now Words & music Jim Stover © 1975